John Hayes - Founder and CEO @ Ghost Autonomy

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Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Primary Job Title Founder and CEO
Primary Organization
Ghost Autonomy

Location Mountain View, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, West Coast
Gender Male

Investor Type
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John Hayes is based out of Mountain View, California and is the Founder and CEO of Ghost Autonomy. John previously worked at PSTG. John Hayes attended Seton Hall University.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments

John Hayes

invested in

Budy

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. This investment -

Pre Seed Round - Budy

- was valued at

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
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Jobs

Number of Current Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

John Hayes

has

current jobs as

Founder and CEO

Ghost Autonomy

and

Founder

Sensei

. Additionally,

John Hayes

has had

past jobs including

Co-founder & Chief Architect

Pure Storage

Ghost Autonomy Founder and CEOJul 2017
Sensei Founder

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Pure Storage	Co-founder & Chief Architect	Oct 2009	Feb 2017
Yahoo	Technical Yahoo	2007	2011
Yahoo	Executive Vice Presiden	—	—
Geer, DuBois	Team Member	—	—

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

John Hayes

holds

board and advisor roles as

Advisor

Pure Storage

and

Member of the Board of Directors

Seton Hall University

Pure Storage AdvisorFeb 2017
Seton Hall University Member of the Board of Directors

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Yahoo	Member of the Board of Directors	—	—
ANA - Association of National Advertisers	Member of the Board of Directors	—	—

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Education

John Hayes

studied at

Seton Hall University

and

University of Guelph

Seton Hall University Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)Communications19721976
University of Guelph GraduateComputer and Systems Engineering

Recent News and Activity

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Funding Round•

Oct 16, 2024

Budy raised

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from Abhinav Asthana and 6 other investors

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News•

Jun 4, 2021